A 24-year-old Frenchman has been charged with animal cruelty for injuring a 4-month-old kitten named Oscar by throwing him against an apartment building. What makes matters worse is that following his cruel actions, the suspect apparently decided to upload video clips of his alleged animal abuse on his Facebook profile page.

On Monday, the first lawsuit seeking to classify chimpanzees as legal persons was filed in a New York state court. According to Reuters, a U.S. animal rights group, the non-profit Nonhuman Rights Project, has asked the court to find that a chimpanzee is "a cognitively complex autonomous legal person with the fundamental legal right not to be imprisoned.

Do you remember the story about the killer whale, Tilikum, who killed his trainer, Dawn Brancheau, at the SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida? Tilikum managed to kill his trainer by dragging Brancheau under water during one of his performances.

How much is your dog worth? Well, according to a source, a city in Nevada is willing to pay $41,500 for the death of Rollie, Jeraldine Archuleta’ euthanized shih tzu.The story begins with Jeraldine Archuleta, the owner of the euthanized shih tzu, and her inability to come up with $100 to regain control of her pet.

How do you feel about a city banning pit bulls as service dogs?In 2011, three plaintiffs, Glenn Belcher, Allen Grider and Valerie Piltz, sued City officials in Denver and Aurora over their enforcement of pit bull bans. The 2011 suit claimed that the pit bull ban violated the ADA.